Burial-vault.



No. 809,897. PATBNTED JAN. 9, 1906.

J. P, BENDING.

BURIAL VAULT.

APPLICATION FILED APR.17 190s.

Wifuzoam i JOSEPH P. BENDING, OF OTVAY, OHIO.

BURIAL-VAULT.

Specification ofLetters Patent.

Patented Jan. 9, 1906.

Application filed April 17, 1905. Serial No. 256,060-

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JosEPH P. BENDING, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Otway, in the countyof Sciotoand State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBurial-Vaults; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

My invention relates to burial-vaults. Its obj eet is to provide acombined concrete and metallic device of this character which is ofdurable construction and which can be hermetically sealed, so as toprevent the admission of air or moisture thereto.

A still further object is to construct the vault of two parts which canbe readily connected and subsequently sealed.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists of thenovel construction and combination of parts hereinafter more fullydescribed and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings I have shown the preferred form of myinvention.

In said drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the vault, the hoodbeing shown raised from the base. Fig. 2 is a central vertical sectionthrough a portion of the vault and showing the hood in position on thebase. Fig. 3 is a transverse section through the vault. Fig. 4 is anenlarged perspective view of a portion of the wall of the hood andshowing the relative arrangement of the sheet metal and concrete ofwhich said hood is formed; and Fig. 5 is a horizontal. section through aportion of said wall, showingthe manner of connecting a handheld to thewall.

Referring to the drawings by numerals of reference, 1 is a base formedof concrete and having a sheet 2 of metal centrally arranged therein andextending throughout its width and length. A groove 3 is formed withinthe upper surface of the cement adjacent the edges of the base, and thisgroove is adapted to receive the edge of the hood or top 4 of the vault.The hood is likewise formed of concrete and sheet metal, and the sheetmetal is provided at its edges with an inwardly-extending integralchanneled portion 5, to which is secured a channeled ring 6, whichextends outward from the metal. Both of these channeled portionsconstitute bases for the cement covering 7 of the metal within the hood,and the chipping of the edges of the cement when the same are insertedwithin the grooves 4 is therefore prevented.

Hand-holes 8 are secured at desired intervals to the sides of the hood.These are fastened by means of bolts 9, extending through the outerlayer of concrete and secured in any suitable manner to a holding-plate10, located back of themetal structure of the hood, as shown in detailin Fig. 5. cated within the hood at a suitable point and is providedwith a suitable valve. (Not shown.) A pump can be connected to this ventfor extracting air from the vault after it has been sealed, and thevalve,which can be of any desired construction, serves to prevent theair from again entering the vault. Supportingcleats 12, of metal orother desired material, are located upon the base between grooves 3 andconstitute supports for a casket. (Shown by dotted lines in Figs. 2 and8.)

In using this vault the casket is first placed on the base, after whichthe hood 4 is disposed thereover, with its edges resting in grooves 3.Cement or other like material is then placed around the meeting portionsof the hood and base, so as to seal the same, and air is subsequentlyextracted fromthe vault through vent 11. This vent can be perma- A vent11 is 10- nently sealed subsequent to the exhaustion oi the air byplacing cement within the same.

The channeled portions 5 and 6, which constitute the edges of the hood,prevent the co ment structure of the hood-from breaking ofi while theparts of the vault are being assembled. They also constitute a supportor bed for the cement during the construction of the hood. By providingthe metal structure throughout the walls and base of the vault thedevice can be made much lighter than where the same is formed entirelyof cement or concrete. Any suitable inscription can be molded upon thehood for identification purposes.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a burial-vault, the combination with the base formed of layers ofconcrete, and metal interposed between the concrete, one of said Ilayers having a groove therein; of a metal name to this specification inthe presence of hood, oppositely-extending channeled portwo subscribingWitnesses. tions at the edges of the hood and adapted to be seatedWithin the groove, concrete layers JOSEPH BENDING 5 upon opposite facesof the hood and support- Witnesses: ed by the channeled portions. GEO.WALsH,

In testimony whereof I have signed my I T. H. BRESLAU.

